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Puttering

Putter \Put"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Puttered; p. pr. & vb. n. Puttering.] [See Potter.] To act inefficiently or idly; to occupy oneself in a liesurely manner; to trifle; to potter; as, to putter around in the garden.

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puttering

n. The act of one who putters. vb. (present participle of putter English)

Usage examples of "puttering".

Behind Bellis was the puttering of a motor as Angevine trundled toward them.

The time that this consumed forced her to give up her courses in crafts, but her interest in writing grew by leaps and bounds and she didn't miss puttering about with paints and straw.

She searched the lower floor, following her nose, until she found Señora Trejos happily puttering about the kitchen.

Then it had been Karen's turn to work and Jeanette's time to rest, to do what she enjoyed most: puttering around their small house, cooking, doing the laundry, creating the nest necessity had always denied her.

Brenna told Emily one Sunday evening over soda at the Brecken table, with Emily's husband Sam puttering happily in the basement and the girls watching a movie while they tickled, scratched, and otherwise adored Druid.

Outside, of course, the subdued puttering from the hundreds of engines that dragged them south continued.

I did a lot of puttering around with my bookshelf project and hit the library several times, but I didn't accomplish much.

He lives over near Green Lake, so he's probably puttering around in this part of Seattle on his days off.

And what sort of a man was he, to be puttering around with occult formulas, while all the while—“There are things that can be done to a soul,” she had said.

It seems there are laws governing the things that we women have been puttering with.